[SOLVED] Emulation station - black screen after update script and core

[mozvillat]

Hi,

I've update retropie-setup script and update core (manage packages/update all installed core packages).
When i launch emulation station i've a black screen (before we seen the emulators scan).
If i watch runcommand /dev/shm/, i have'nt runcommand.log

Any suggestions ?

Regards

[mitu]

When opening a support topic, please include the info from https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first.
What's in the EmulationStation's log file ($HOME/.emulationstation/es_log.txt) ? Post the beginning of the file, the first 10 lines.

[mozvillat]

@mitu
Sorry, next time i don't forget to give all info (hardware, OS, ...)

The problem is solved by itself...i don't know why.
(perhaps, it's a screen issue... this morning i tried to launch with a remote connection (dwservice).
The screen resolution isn't the same... When i back to home, i try to launch the PC, and all is ok...

Here is my log (i've got a lot of errors like the last line i paste here (1 per emulator)

Feb 01 13:29:55 lvl2:   EmulationStation - v2.11.0rp, built Feb  1 2023 - 11:43:27
Feb 01 13:29:55 lvl2:   Parsing XML file "/opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/resources/mamenames.xml"...
Feb 01 13:29:55 lvl2:   Parsing XML file "/opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/resources/mamebioses.xml"...
Feb 01 13:29:55 lvl2:   Parsing XML file "/opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/resources/mamedevices.xml"...
Feb 01 13:29:55 lvl2:   Creating window...
Feb 01 13:29:55 lvl2:   Created window successfully.
Feb 01 13:29:55 lvl2:   GL vendor:   Intel
Feb 01 13:29:55 lvl2:   GL renderer: Mesa Intel(R) HD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2)
Feb 01 13:29:55 lvl2:   GL version:  4.6 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 20.3.5
Feb 01 13:29:55 lvl2:   Checking available OpenGL extensions...
Feb 01 13:29:55 lvl2:    ARB_texture_non_power_of_two: ok
Feb 01 13:29:56 lvl2:   Loading system config file /home/pi/.emulationstation/es_systems.cfg...
Feb 01 13:29:56 lvl1:     Unknown platform for system "ultrastardx" (platform "ultrastardx" from list "ultrastardx")
Feb 01 13:29:56 lvl1:     Warning from theme "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/auto-allgames/theme.xml"
  (from included file "/etc/emulationstation/themes/showcase/auto-allgames/../theme.xml")
    could not find file "" 

edit : it's a screen problem ! If my TV is off, the games doesn't launch and block on a black screen.
If i launch with tv on, all is OK... Strange isn't it ??

[lostless]

@mozvillat Try setting the pi to always output 1080P in the configs. if not the pi will try and sync with your TV and if it chooses a video mode that your TV doesn't work with well, you may run into issues. Had a similar issue on my TV, that if i didn't have the right input selected on my HDMI switch, i would just get no video. Same on another TV where had no audio, because the Pi would always sync as a DVI device.

[mitu]

@lostless said in [SOLVED] Emulation station - black screen after update script and core:

Try setting the pi to always output 1080P in the configs. [...]

Their system is not a Pi, it's a PC.